JPH0554982B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a method for arranging and packaging a plurality of surgical suture needles on a bed plate.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as a packaging form of this type, as proposed by the present applicant in Japanese Patent Publication No. 7103/1983, a suture needle array plate has a semicircular shape corresponding to the shape of various surgical suture needles. A plurality of arc-shaped slits are drilled in the same direction, and a long hole extending across the center of each slit is bored, and the suture needle array plate is placed on a base plate for arranging and fixing the suture needles. After the suture needles are inserted through the slits and arranged on the base plate, a band-shaped adhesive member is inserted through the elongated hole and superimposed on the suture needles on the base plate, and then the adhesive member is A method is known in which suturing needles are fixed on a bed plate by pressing and bonding between each suturing needle.

As the adhesive member, a tape-like material is used, in which a thermofusible synthetic resin fiber on the inner surface is adhered to a non-thermofusible cotton cloth on the outer surface with an intermediate adhesive layer. It is then glued onto the base plate.

Although this method has the advantage that the suture needle packaging work can be easily and reliably performed, the slits of the array plate are formed in a semicircular arc shape to accommodate various types of suture needles with different arc diameters. In addition, unless they are arranged in an array with appropriate spacing, both ends of the slits will be connected to adjacent slits, and the portion surrounded by the slits will come off from the array plate.

Therefore, with the above method, there is a limit to how narrow the spacing between the slits can be.
Alternatively, it has been difficult to arrange a large number of suturing needles due to the base plate.

(Problems to be Solved) The present invention eliminates such inconveniences, and makes it possible to arrange and package a plurality of surgical suture needles in the same direction with narrower mutual intervals on a base plate, and to package the base plate. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method that can be miniaturized or can arrange and package a large number of suturing needles on the base plate.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the method for packaging surgical suture needles of the present invention arranges a plurality of surgical suture needles on a bed plate in the same direction with an interval between them. In the device in which each suture needle is fixed to the base plate by an adhesive member that crosses approximately the center of each suture needle, a plurality of semicircular arc-shaped bottomed grooves corresponding to the shape of each suture needle are provided at intervals. The suture needles are arranged by inserting the suture needles into each of the bottomed grooves of the suture needle arrangement plate, which is provided in the same direction and has a long hole that extends across substantially the center of each of the bottomed grooves, and the suture needles are arranged. The base plate is superimposed on the bottomed groove of the plate, and then, with the suture needle arrangement plate and the base plate superimposed, the base plate is placed down, and then a band-shaped adhesive member is inserted through the elongated hole. It is characterized in that it is inserted and superimposed on each suture needle, and then the adhesive member is pressed in the gap between each suture needle and adhered to fix each suture needle to the base plate.

(Function) According to this means, the surgical suture needles inserted and arranged in the bottomed grooves of the suture needle arrangement plate are arranged with the base plate superimposed on the arrangement plate facing down. Since it is fixed onto the base plate by the adhesive member,
The suture needles are arranged on the base plate while maintaining their alignment on the array plate, and are adhesively fixed to the base plate through the elongated holes of the array plate by an adhesive member.

Since the grooves of the arrangement plate are bottomed, there is no problem even if the ends of the bottomed grooves are connected to adjacent bottomed grooves, and it is possible to narrow the distance between the bottomed grooves. .

(Example) An example of the method for packaging the surgical suture needle of the present invention will be described in the first example.
This will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 to 6.

Figures 1 to 3 are explanatory views for explaining the packaging process of surgical suture needle A, and Figure 4 is the same as that shown in Figure 1.
A line sectional view, FIG. 5 is a - line sectional view of FIG. 3,
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the packaging completed state.

In FIGS. 1 and 4, 1 is a base plate made of synthetic resin or paper for arranging and fixing a plurality of surgical suture needles A, and 2 is a plurality of bottomed semicircular grooves 3 on the upper surface.
This is a suture needle array plate equipped with.

The array plate 2 is made of a material such as synthetic resin or metal, and a plurality of bottomed grooves 3 are formed on the upper surface of the array plate 2 to have a concave cross section as shown in the fourth figure. The suture needles A are provided in the same direction at appropriate intervals so that the suture needles A can be inserted and inserted freely. and,
Both ends of the bottomed groove 3 are connected to adjacent bottomed grooves 3 as shown in the first figure, and the interval between the bottomed grooves 3 is narrowed as much as possible. By using the bottomed grooves 3 as the grooves in which the suture needles A are arranged, even if the interval between adjacent bottomed grooves 3 is extremely small, the arrangement plate 2 in the area surrounded by the bottomed grooves 3 can be This is because desorption of is reliably prevented. Further, the array plate 2 is provided with a linear elongated hole 4 that crosses the center of each bottomed groove 3.

In this packaging process, first, as shown in the first figure, each suture needle A is inserted into each bottomed groove 3 of the array plate 2 that matches the shape thereof, and then the base plate 1 is overlapped from above. In this way, since the bottomed grooves 3 are provided in the arrangement plate 2, the suture needles A can be arranged in each bottomed groove 3 of the arrangement plate 2 without overlapping the base plate 1 on the arrangement plate 2. I can do it. Furthermore, the operation of arranging the suture needles A only requires inserting the suture needles A into each bottomed groove 3, and the suture needles A overlap the base plate 1 with the arrangement plate 2 housed in each bottomed groove 3. So, for example, array plate 2
This eliminates the trouble of having to arrange the suture needles A while reliably maintaining their superposition with the base plate 1, and allows the suture needles A to be arranged quickly and accurately.

After that, as shown in the second figure, the base plate 1 and the array plate 2 are
While still polymerizing the base plate 1, turn it over so that the base plate 1 is facing down. With this reversal, the suture needle A in the bottomed groove 3
are arranged on the base plate 1 maintaining the arrangement state.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the array plate 2 is
A heat-fusible tape-like adhesive member 5 that can be freely inserted into the long hole 4 is inserted from the long hole 4 toward the suture needles A, and after being superposed on each suture needle A, the adhesive member is heated by the heating means 6. 5 is pressed toward the base plate 1 at the interval between the suture needles A, and is heated and welded and fixed to the base plate 1.

The adhesive member 5 may be an adhesive tape coated with adhesive on the inner surface, but it is preferable that it not be attached to the suture needles A so that each suture needle A can be easily taken out after packaging. In this example, a heat-fusible material was used as the adhesive member 5.

In addition, in this embodiment, in order to reliably attach the adhesive member 5 to the base plate 1 and to take out each suture needle A fixed on the base plate 1 at once, the adhesive member 5 is removed from the base plate 1. The configuration shown in Figure 5 was adopted so that the adhesive member 5 would not be cut when peeled off.

That is, the adhesive member 5 has a tape-like structure in which a thermofusible synthetic resin fiber 7 is attached on the inner surface to a non-thermofusible base cloth 9 such as cotton cloth on the outer surface with an intermediate adhesive layer 8. has been done.

As shown in FIG. 5, the heating means 6 includes a groove 10 arranged so as to heat and press the adhesive member 5 while avoiding the position of the suture needles A arranged on the base plate 1. In the area between 10 and 10, the adhesive member 5 superimposed on the suture needle A is heated and pressed as described above, whereby the adhesive member 5 is adhered to the base plate 1 and each suture needle A is fixed by welding. Ru.

In this way, the suture needles A are arranged on the base plate 1 and fixed by the adhesive members 5 as shown in FIG. At this time, since the suture needles A are arranged at narrow intervals by the bottomed grooves 3 of the arrangement plate 2,
More suturing needles A are arranged on the base plate 1 than in the past. Furthermore, by narrowing the interval between the suture needles A, a sufficient number of suture needles A can be arranged on the base plate 1, for example, even if the base plate 1 is made relatively small. It is possible to reduce the cost by reducing the material of the base plate 1.

When each suture needle A is used, the suture needle A is pulled out from between the base plate 1 and the adhesive member 5. Furthermore, the used suture needle A can be reused if it is pierced in its original position after sterilization.

In this embodiment, the process of individually packaging the suture needles A has been described, but it is also possible to use a plurality of array plates 2 connected together and to arrange and fix them continuously on the base plate.

(Effects) As is clear from the above description, according to the method for packaging surgical suture needles of the present invention, each surgical suture needle is inserted into the bottomed groove of the suture needle arrangement plate and arranged, and then The suturing needles are placed on the pedestal by placing the plate on top of the arranging plate and placing the pedestal down, and then fixing the suture needles on the pedestal while maintaining their arrayed state using the adhesive member. The work of arranging them on a board and packaging them can be done simply and reliably.

Since the grooves of the arrangement plate in which the suture needles are arranged are bottomed, there is no problem even if adjacent bottomed grooves are connected, and the intervals between the bottomed grooves can be narrowed. . Therefore, since the suture needles can be arranged on the bed plate with narrower intervals between adjacent suture needles, the bed plate can be made smaller or a larger number of suture needles can be fixed to the bed plate. Therefore, the material of the base plate can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 3 are explanatory diagrams for explaining an example of the packaging process according to the method for packaging surgical suture needles of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 1-2, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which packaging is completed. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Base plate, 2... Suture needle array plate, 3... Bottomed groove, 4... Long hole, 5... Adhesive member, A... Surgical suture needle.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method in which a plurality of surgical suture needles are arranged in the same direction at intervals from each other on a bed plate, and each suture needle is fixed to the bed plate with an adhesive member that crosses approximately the center of each suture needle. , a suture needle array in which a plurality of semicircular arc-shaped bottomed grooves corresponding to the shape of each suture needle are provided at intervals in the same direction, and a long hole is bored extending across substantially the center of each bottomed groove. The suture needles are inserted into each bottomed groove of the plate to arrange the suture needles, the base plate is superimposed on the suture needle array plate from above the bottomed groove, and then the suture needle array plate and the base plate are connected. After placing the base plate down while still polymerizing, insert a band-shaped adhesive member through the elongated hole and overlap each suture needle, and then press the adhesive member in the gap between each suture needle to adhere. 1. A method of packaging surgical suture needles, comprising: fixing the needles to the base plate of each suture needle.